Grants the superintendent of financial services authority to investigate fraudulent activities, such as motor vehicle operators who drive with no insurance coverage, and those who misrepresent their principal place of residence or where their motor vehicle is principally garaged and operated; authorizes such superintendent to accept reports of suspected fraudulent insurance actions; requires insurance companies and self-insurers to report incidents of insurance fraud to the department of financial services; includes within the class D felony of forgery in the second degree, the forgery of a certificate of insurance or an insurance identification card; includes within the class C felony of forgery in the first degree, the forgery of 10 or more written instruments; includes within the class E felony of insurance fraud in the fourth degree, the operation of a motor vehicle in this state when the vehicle is insured in another state, but it is actually garaged in this state or the owner principally resides in this state; requires applicants for motor vehicle registrations and driver's licenses to provide the department of motor vehicles with the address of their principal place of residence.

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S4847A-2011 Actions

• Jun 21, 2012: RECOMMITTED TO RULES
• Jun 21, 2012: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1458
• Jun 21, 2012: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
• Jun 20, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 4847B
• Jun 20, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES
• Mar 19, 2012: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CODES
• Jan 30, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 4847A
• Jan 30, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO INSURANCE
• Jan 4, 2012: returned to senate
• Jan 4, 2012: died in assembly
• Jun 6, 2011: referred to insurance
• Jun 6, 2011: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 6, 2011: PASSED SENATE
• May 11, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• May 10, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• May 9, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.554
• Apr 27, 2011: REFERRED TO INSURANCE

S4847A-2011 Meetings

Insurance: Mar 19, 2012

S4847A-2011 Votes

S4847A-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S4847A

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the insurance law,
the penal law,
and the vehicle and
traffic law, in relation to
insurance fraud

PURPOSE:
The purpose of this bill is reduce the incidence of auto insurance
fraud including fraud committed by those who misrepresent where they
live, operate their automobile, and garage such vehicle for insurance
coverage purposes. By misrepresenting where such automobile operators
truly live and operate their motor vehicle, these persons obtain
inappropriate reductions in their auto insurance premium rates and
such costs are shifted to other law abiding automobile owners.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Adds a new Insurance Law section 401(d) to explicitly
expand the authority of the superintendent of Insurance, under the
Insurance Fraud prevention Article, to investigate fraudulent
activities with regard to motor vehicle operators who have not
secured automobile insurance coverage or who misrepresent the
principle place where such automobiles are garaged and operated.

Section 2: Amends Insurance Law section 405(a) to authorize the
Insurance Frauds Bureau to accept reports of suspected fraudulent
insurance transactions from any self insurer with regard to health
insurance coverage, motor vehicle liability coverage, or workers
compensation coverage.

Section 3: Amends Insurance Law section 2133 to expand the scope of
prohibition for any insurance company, insurance agent, broker, or
other person who knowingly possesses, transfers or uses a forged
insurance identification card to also include other false insurance
documents which purports to evince insurance coverage when it is not
in effect or is at limits less than those stated on the document.

Section 4: Amends Penal Law section 170.10 to add a new (6) to the
list of documents that the forgery of is considered to be forgery in
the Second Degree. The new document that, if forged, would be forgery
in the Second Degree are certificates of insurance or an insurance
identification card.

Section 5: Amends Penal Law section 170.15 (Forgery in the First Degree)
to include as forgery in the first degree, the fraudulent making,
completion, or alteration of 10 or more written instruments such as
certificates of insurance or insurance identification cards.

Section 6: Adds a new Penal Law section 175.50 to make it a class E
felony to offer a false application for motor vehicle insurance or
registration. Under this provision, anyone who submits to the
Department of Motor Vehicles or to an auto insurer (to obtain an auto
insurance policy or insurance identification card) any document that
contains a false statement or information with regard to where such
applicant resides or where such applicant's motor vehicle is garaged
or operated and such document is used directly or indirectly to
register an automobile shall be a class E felony.

Section 7: Amends Penal Law section 176.05 which defines the term
"insurance fraud". Under this bill, the term "insurance fraud" is
expanded to include any false document used to secure either
insurance coverage, file an insurance policy claim, or obtain payment
for personal lines insurance coverages {i.e. auto and homeowners
insurance}. Under current law, only false documents that are used to
secure commercial lines policies or money for claims against a
commercial lines policy (i.e general liability or business property
policies) are considered to be insurance fraud. This bill expands the
types of insurance policies that persons cannot lie about to obtain
coverage or claims payment to include personal lines coverages such
as motor vehicle liability or homeowners insurance.

Section 8: Amends Penal Law section 176.15 to expand the scope of
insurance fraud in the 4th degree to include the operation of a motor
vehicle on a public highway when such operator is insured by a policy
issued under the laws of another state, but such person in fact
principally lives and garages their vehicle in New York.

Section 9: A new Vehicle & Traffic Law section 201-a is added to give
law enforcement personnel access to any individual's street address
provided to the Department of Motor Vehicles to register a motor
vehicle in this state or to obtain a driver's license in this State.
This information can be used to ensure that those who submit
information to the Department submit accurate information of their
residence and where they operate and garage their motor vehicle for
auto insurance premium rating purposes.

Section 10: Amends Vehicle & Traffic Law section 401{1} to require
that all those who file an application to register an automobile in
New York must provide their street address where they reside if such
person uses a Post Office box for their location of residence. The
purpose of this provision is to curtail those that submit fraudulent
information on where such applicants truly reside.

Section 11: Amends Vehicle & Traffic Law section 502(1) to require
that all those who file an application for a driver's license must
provide their street address where they reside if such person uses a
Post Office box for their location of residence.

JUSTIFICATION:

The purpose of this bill is to address the ever increasing incidence
of auto insurance fraud in this state. More particularly, this bill
seeks to address insurance fraud that is perpetrated against those
law abiding operators of motor vehicles that accurately and
truthfully disclose where they reside and operate and garage their
vehicles, regardless of where they live. Some who live in high auto
insurance rate areas, such as the New York City metropolitan area,
misrepresent where they live, garage and operate their automobiles
and fraudulently maintain that they live in low insurance premium
rate areas that are either upstate or out of state.

There is a prevalence of in-state residents misrepresenting their true
place of residence so that they can obtain much lower auto insurance
rates. Instead of disclosing their true address in high insurance
premium places such as, for example, Bronx or Kings Counties, they
state that they live in lower insurance premium rated territories
such as North Carolina, Pennsylvania, or upstate counties that have
much lower incidents of motor vehicle theft, car accidents and
judgments relegated to motor vehicle accidents. This issue was a
topic of a report released in 2006 by the State Commission on
Investigations. since 2006, the commission has sunsetted, however,
senator Klein is revising end updating this report. The new Report
"Auto Insurance Rate Evasion" was released in February 2011. This
bill implements many of the suggested changes contained in that Report.

This situation or rate evasion, while artificially lowering the
insurance rates of those who fraudulently do not disclose their true
residential address, substantially increases the insurance premiums
paid by those who truthfully disclose their actual place of residence
and where they operated and garaged their cars. This hill should
bring more equity to those who purchase auto insurance coverages in
this state and ensure that everyone pays their fair share for auto
insurance coverages that matches their actuarial risk of potential
physical damage or theft of their automobiles, risk of personal
injury or liability exposure due to judgments obtain in local courts.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
Similar to S.988 of 2011
Similar to S.7091 of 2010 - Referred to Insurance

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S4847A-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                   4847--A

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                               April 27, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sens. KLEIN, CARLUCCI, SAVINO, SQUADRON, VALESKY -- read
    twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
    Committee on Insurance -- recommitted to the Committee on Insurance in
    accordance  with  Senate  Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
    amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
    tee

  AN  ACT  to  amend the insurance law, the penal law, and the vehicle and
    traffic law, in relation to insurance fraud

    THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. Section 401 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new
  subsection (d) to read as follows:

    (D)  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  SHALL  HAVE BROAD AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO THIS
  CHAPTER TO INVESTIGATE FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES WITH REGARD TO MOTOR  VEHI-
  CLE  DRIVERS  THAT  OPERATE  AUTOMOBILES WITH NO INSURANCE COVERAGE, AND
  MOTOR VEHICLE  INSUREDS  WHO  MISREPRESENT  THE  PRINCIPAL  PLACE  WHERE
  INSURED  MOTOR  VEHICLES ARE GARAGED AND OPERATED. OPERATING MOTOR VEHI-
  CLES WITHOUT PROPER INSURANCE IN VIOLATION OF ARTICLE SIX OF THE VEHICLE
  AND TRAFFIC LAW IS A SIGNIFICANT DANGER TO THE  PUBLIC  BECAUSE  DRIVERS
  ARE  UNABLE  TO  COMPENSATE INDIVIDUALS FOR PERSONAL INJURIES, DEATH AND
  PROPERTY DAMAGE THEY INFLICT UPON OTHERS.   FURTHERMORE,  MOTOR  VEHICLE
  INSUREDS  WHO  MISREPRESENT  THE PRINCIPAL PLACE WHERE SUCH VEHICLES ARE
  GARAGED AND OPERATED IMPROPERLY  SHIFT  THEIR  HIGH  LIABILITY  EXPOSURE
  COSTS TO OTHER MOTOR VEHICLE INSUREDS THAT DO NOT FACE SUCH HIGH LIABIL-
  ITY RISK AND INSURANCE PREMIUM COSTS.
    S 2. Subsection (a) of section 405 of the insurance law, as amended by
  section  7  of  part  A of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to
  read as follows:

    (a) Any person licensed or registered pursuant to  the  provisions  of
  this  chapter,  and  any  person engaged in the business of insurance or
  life settlement in this state who is exempted from compliance  with  the

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD05004-08-2

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  licensing  requirements  of  this chapter, including the state insurance
  fund of this state, who has reason to believe that an  insurance  trans-
  action or life settlement act may be fraudulent, or has knowledge that a
  fraudulent  insurance  transaction  or fraudulent life settlement act is
  about to take place, or has taken place shall, within thirty days  after
  determination  by such person that the transaction appears to be fraudu-
  lent, send to the superintendent on a form prescribed by the superinten-
  dent, the information requested by the form and such additional informa-
  tion relative to the factual circumstances of the  transaction  and  the
  parties  involved  as the superintendent may require. The superintendent
  shall accept reports of suspected fraudulent insurance  transactions  or
  fraudulent life settlement acts from any self insurer, including but not
  limited  to  self  insurers providing health insurance coverage or those
  defined in section fifty of the workers'  compensation  law,  and  shall
  treat  such reports as any other received pursuant to this section.  THE
  SUPERINTENDENT SHALL ACCEPT REPORTS OF  SUSPECTED  FRAUDULENT  INSURANCE
  TRANSACTIONS  FROM  ANY SELF INSURER INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SELF
  INSURERS PROVIDING HEALTH  INSURANCE  COVERAGE,  THOSE  PROVIDING  MOTOR
  VEHICLE  LIABILITY  INSURANCE  OR  THOSE DEFINED IN SECTION FIFTY OF THE
  WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW, AND SHALL TREAT SUCH  REPORTS  AS  ANY  OTHER
  RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
    S  3.  Section  2133 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 77 of
  the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:

    S 2133. [Forged] FALSE INSURANCE DOCUMENTS AND FORGED insurance  iden-
  tification  cards.  Any  insurance  company,  insurance agent, insurance
  broker or other person who or which, personally or by the action  of  an
  employee or agent, KNOWINGLY possesses, transfers or uses: (A) ANY DOCU-
  MENT  WHICH  PURPORTS TO EVINCE INSURANCE COVERAGE WHEN SUCH COVERAGE IS
  NOT IN EFFECT OR IS IN EFFECT AT LIMITS LESS THAN THOSE  STATED  IN  THE
  DOCUMENT;  OR  (B)  a  forged  insurance identification card for a motor
  vehicle, having knowledge, personally or through such employee or agent,
  of the fact that such insurance identification card,  when  issued,  did
  not  actually  represent  an  owner's policy of liability insurance or a
  financial security bond issued by an insurance company  licensed  to  do
  business  in  this  state  covering the motor vehicle identified on such
  card, shall be liable for payment to the people of this state of a civil
  penalty in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars for the  first  such
  violation  and a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars for each subse-
  quent violation. For the purposes  of  this  section  the  term  "forged
  insurance  identification card" means a written insurance identification
  card which has been falsely made, completed or  altered,  and  the  term
  "falsely  made, completed or altered" shall have the same meaning as set
  forth in section 170.00 of the penal law.
    S 4.  Subdivision 5 of section 170.10 of the penal law is amended  and
  a new subdivision 6 is added to read as follows:

    5. A prescription of a duly licensed physician or other person author-
  ized  to issue the same for any drug or any instrument or device used in
  the taking or  administering  of  drugs  for  which  a  prescription  is
  required by law[.]; OR
    6.  A CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE OR AN INSURANCE IDENTIFICATION CARD, AS
  DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
    S 5. Section 170.15 of the penal law is amended to read as follows:

  S 170.15 Forgery in the first degree.
    A person is guilty of forgery in the first degree when, with intent to
  defraud, deceive or injure another, he OR SHE falsely  makes,  completes
  or alters [a]:


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    1. TEN OR MORE WRITTEN INSTRUMENTS; OR
    2. A written instrument which is or purports to be, or which is calcu-
  lated to become or to represent if completed:

    [1.]  (A) Part of an issue of money, stamps, securities or other valu-
  able instruments issued by a government or governmental instrumentality;
  or
    [2.] (B) Part of an issue of stock, bonds or other instruments repres-
  enting interests in or claims against a corporate or other  organization
  or its property.
    Forgery in the first degree is a class C felony.
    S  6.  The penal law is amended by adding a new section 175.50 to read
  as follows:

  S 175.50 OFFERING A FALSE APPLICATION FOR  MOTOR  VEHICLE  INSURANCE  OR
             REGISTRATION.
    A  PERSON  IS GUILTY OF OFFERING A FALSE APPLICATION FOR MOTOR VEHICLE
  INSURANCE OR REGISTRATION WHEN KNOWING THAT ANY DOCUMENT HE OR SHE FILES
  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES OR AN INSURER PROVIDING  LIABILITY
  INSURANCE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE CONTAINS A FALSE STATEMENT OR FALSE INFOR-
  MATION  WITH REGARD TO WHERE HE OR SHE RESIDES OR WHERE HIS OR HER MOTOR
  VEHICLE IS GARAGED AND OPERATED.
    OFFERING A FALSE APPLICATION FOR MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE OR  REGISTRA-
  TION IS A CLASS E FELONY.
    S  7.  The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 176.05 of the
  penal law, as amended by chapter 211 of the laws of 2011, is amended  to
  read as follows:

    any written statement as part of, or in support of, an application for
  the  issuance  of,  or  the  rating of a commercial insurance policy, or
  certificate or evidence of self insurance  for  commercial  OR  PERSONAL
  insurance  or  commercial  OR  PERSONAL  self  insurance, or a claim for
  payment or other benefit pursuant to an insurance policy or self  insur-
  ance  program  for commercial or personal insurance that he or she knows
  to:

    S 8. Section 176.15 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 515 of the
  laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:

  S 176.15 Insurance fraud in the fourth degree.
    A person is guilty of insurance fraud in the  fourth  degree  when  he
  [commits] OR SHE:

    1.  COMMITS  a  fraudulent insurance act and thereby wrongfully takes,
  obtains or withholds, or attempts to wrongfully take, obtain or withhold
  property with a value in excess of one thousand dollars; OR
    2. OPERATES A MOTOR VEHICLE ON A PUBLIC HIGHWAY, WHEN SUCH MOTOR VEHI-
  CLE IS INSURED BY A POLICY ISSUED UNDER THE LAWS OF ANOTHER STATE,  WHEN
  SUCH  PERSON  MAINTAINS  HIS OR HER PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE IN THIS STATE OR
  SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE IS PRINCIPALLY GARAGED IN THIS STATE, AND SUCH INSUR-
  ANCE POLICY WAS ISSUED UPON ANY WRITTEN OR ORAL STATEMENT BY SUCH PERSON
  THAT HE OR SHE PRINCIPALLY RESIDES IN SUCH  OTHER  STATE  OR  THAT  SUCH
  MOTOR VEHICLE IS PRINCIPALLY GARAGED IN SUCH OTHER STATE.
    Insurance fraud in the fourth degree is a class E felony.
    S  9.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
  201-a to read as follows:

    S 201-A.  ACCESS  TO  INFORMATION.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  ALLOW  LAW
  ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL ACCESS TO ANY INDIVIDUAL'S STREET ADDRESS PROVIDED
  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE
  AND SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER.

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    S 10. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 401 of the  vehicle  and
  traffic  law,  as amended by chapter 222 of the laws of 1996, is amended
  to read as follows:

    b.  Every  owner  of a motor vehicle which shall be operated or driven
  upon the public highways  of  this  state  shall,  except  as  otherwise
  expressly  provided, cause to be presented, by mail or otherwise, to the
  office or a branch office of the commissioner, or to any  agent  of  the
  commissioner,  constituted  as  provided in this chapter, an application
  for registration addressed to the commissioner, and on  a  blank  to  be
  prepared  under  the  direction of and furnished by the commissioner for
  that purpose, containing: (a) a brief description of the  motor  vehicle
  to be registered, including the name and factory number of such vehicle,
  and  such  other facts as the commissioner shall require; (b) the weight
  of the vehicle upon which the registration fee is based if  the  fee  is
  based  on  weight;  (c)  the name and residence, including county of the
  owner of such motor vehicle, PROVIDED THAT IF THE APPLICANT USES A  POST
  OFFICE BOX WHEN PROVIDING A RESIDENCE ADDRESS, SUCH APPLICANT SHALL ALSO
  PROVIDE  THE  STREET  ADDRESS  AT  WHICH HE OR SHE RESIDES; (d) provided
  that, if such motor vehicle is used or to be used  as  an  omnibus,  the
  applicant  also  shall  so  certify,  and in the case of an omnibus also
  certify as to the seating capacity, and if the omnibus is to be operated
  wholly within a municipality pursuant to a franchise other than a  fran-
  chise  express  or  implied  in  articles  of incorporation upon certain
  streets designated in such franchise, those facts shall also  be  certi-
  fied,  and  a  certified copy of such franchise furnished to the commis-
  sioner; (e) provided, that, if such motor vehicle is an altered  livery,
  the  applicant  shall  so  furnish a certified copy of the length of the
  center panel of such vehicle, provided, however, that  the  commissioner
  shall  require  such  proof, as he OR SHE may determine is necessary, in
  the application for registration and provided  further,  if  the  center
  panel of such vehicle exceeds one hundred inches, the commissioner shall
  require  proof  that  such  vehicle is in compliance with all applicable
  federal and state motor vehicle safety standards;  and  (f)  such  addi-
  tional  facts  or evidence as the commissioner may require in connection
  with the application for registration. Every owner of  a  trailer  shall
  also  make application for the registration thereof in the manner herein
  provided for an application to  register  a  motor  vehicle,  but  shall
  contain a statement showing the manufacturer's number or other identifi-
  cation satisfactory to the commissioner and no number plate for a trail-
  er  issued  under  the  provisions  of subdivision three of section four
  hundred two of this [chapter] ARTICLE shall be transferred  to  or  used
  upon  any  other  trailer than the one for which number plate is issued.
  The commissioner shall require proof, in the application  for  registra-
  tion,  or  otherwise, as such commissioner may determine, that the motor
  vehicle for which registration is applied for is  equipped  with  lights
  conforming  in  all respects to the requirements of this chapter, and no
  motor vehicle shall be registered unless it shall appear by such  proofs
  that such motor vehicle is equipped with proper lights as aforesaid. The
  said application shall contain or be accompanied by such evidence of the
  ownership  of  the  motor vehicle described in the application as may be
  required by the commissioner or his OR HER agent and which, with respect
  to new vehicles, shall include, unless otherwise  specifically  provided
  by  the  commissioner,  the manufacturer's statement of origin. Applica-
  tions received by an agent of the commissioner shall be forwarded to the
  commissioner as he OR SHE shall direct for filing.  No  application  for
  registration  shall be accepted unless the applicant is at least sixteen

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  years of age AND HAS SIGNED SUCH APPLICATION ATTESTING TO THE TRUTH  AND
  VERACITY OF THE FACTS STATED THEREIN.
    S  11. Subdivision 1 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
  amended by section 2 of part CC of chapter 58 of the laws  of  2011,  is
  amended to read as follows:

    1.  Application for license.  Application for a driver's license shall
  be made to the commissioner.  The fee prescribed by law may be submitted
  with such application. The applicant shall furnish such proof of identi-
  ty, age, ADDRESS OF HIS OR HER RESIDENCE and fitness as may be  required
  by the commissioner. WHEN PROVIDING HIS OR HER ADDRESS OF RESIDENCE, THE
  APPLICANT  SHALL  PROVIDE THE STREET ADDRESS AT WHICH HE OR SHE RESIDES.
  EACH APPLICANT SHALL SIGN HIS OR HER APPLICATION ATTESTING TO THE  TRUTH
  AND  VERACITY  OF  THE  FACTS  STATED THEREIN. The commissioner may also
  provide that the application procedure shall include  the  taking  of  a
  photo  image  or  images  of  the applicant in accordance with rules and
  regulations prescribed by the commissioner. In addition, the commission-
  er also shall require that the applicant provide his or her social secu-
  rity number and provide space on the application so that  the  applicant
  may register in the New York state organ and tissue donor registry under
  section  forty-three  hundred ten of the public health law. In addition,
  an applicant for a  commercial  driver's  license  who  will  operate  a
  commercial  motor vehicle in interstate commerce shall certify that such
  applicant meets the requirements to operate a commercial motor  vehicle,
  as  set  forth in public law 99-570, title XII, and title 49 of the code
  of federal regulations, and all regulations promulgated  by  the  United
  States  secretary of transportation under the hazardous materials trans-
  portation act. In addition,  an  applicant  for  a  commercial  driver's
  license shall submit a medical certificate at such intervals as required
  by  the  federal  motor  carrier safety improvement act of 1999 and Part
  383.71(h) of title 49 of the code of  federal  regulations  relating  to
  medical  certification  and  in a manner prescribed by the commissioner.
  For purposes of this section and sections five hundred  three  and  five
  hundred ten-a of this title, the term "medical certificate" shall mean a
  form  substantially  in  compliance  with  the  form  set  forth in Part
  391.43(h) of title 49 of the code of federal regulations.  Upon a deter-
  mination that the holder of a commercial driver's license has  made  any
  false  statement,  with respect to the application for such license, the
  commissioner shall revoke such license.
    S 12. This act shall take effect immediately.